The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has developed into a vast fortress-like structure that has recently presented a barrier limiting the egress of moisture-bearing air masses. Lower sea levels also affected the climate. This pa...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41101003,41230743,41328001,and 41371082);National Natural Science Awards of China(2009) to Yafeng Shi,Zhijiu Cui,Jijun Li,Benxing Zheng,and Shangzhe Zhou(Z104-2-05)
The onset of Quaternary glaciations is a critical event in the climate and tectonic history of the Tibetan Plateau.The Shishapangma Glaciation,defined based on the till deposit from the northern slopes of Mt.Shishapan...
funded by the National 973-Program(Project Nos.2012CB416602,2006CB403508);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.40352003,40425006,40373007);Frontier Field Project of the State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry,Institute of Geochemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences
This paper compiles lithostratigraphic and geochronological data obtained for the Palaeoproterozoic glacial diamictite-bearing successions,and thereby provides insights into understanding the geological processes caus...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40771049);Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KZCX2-YW-GJ04);the Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No. 2006FY110200)
Kongur Mountain is the largest center of modern glaciation on the Pamir Plateau.During the glacial-interglacial cycles of the Quaternary,Kongur Mountain was extensively and repeatedly glaciated,and the glacial landfor...